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Filed Jan. 2, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTQR.

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BY ATTORN C. IORIO Feb. 2, 1937.

ACCORDION Filed Jan. 2, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. andida [or/0ATTORNEY.

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Patented Feb. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES ACCORDION Candide Iorio,

Jamaica, Gretsch & Brenner, Inc.,

N. Y., assignor to New York, N. Y., a

corporation of New York Application January 2, 1936, Serial No. 57,159

4 Claims.

This invention relates to accordions and has for one of its objects theprovision of such a musical instrument in which the keys control aplurality of valves by means of a plurality of rods connected to each ofthe keys, each of the said rods carrying at its end a cover overlying avalve opening located at different portions of the instrument.

Another object of the invention is to produce an accordion in which thekeys when actuated will simultaneously operate a plurality of valves incommunication with reed chambers located in diiierent Zones of theaccordion.

A further object of the invention is to provide an accordion with reedblocks at the front of the accordion, the reeds of which are incommunication with a sound chamber formed by the accordion cover, thesaid accordion also having a plurality of reed blocks at the rear of theinstru- 20 ment, the reeds of which are in communication with a soundchamber extending the entire length of accordion and in opencommunication with the aforementioned chamber, the reeds of the lastnamed blocks extending laterally.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an accordion whichis capable of producing a sound or tone in simulation of an organ.

Another object is to produce a device of the character described inwhich the maximum sim- 30 plicity of construction and operation issecured.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of theimprovements is better understood, the invention consistingsubstantially in the novel arrangement and co -relation of parts hereinfully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinsimilar reference characters are used to describe corresponding partsthroughout the several views, and then finally pointed out andspecifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention isnot to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration,is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentalperspective view of my improved accordion with a portion thereof brokenaway for the sake of clarity.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-a Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of tr showing the arrangement of theblocks.

Fig. i is a fragmental plan ViCW partly in section of the right-hand endof the acco Fig. 5 is a iragmental sectional vr line 55 Fig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmental top p an view fied form of the front portion ofthe a Referring now to the drawings in detail, 5 dicates a housing incommunication usual bellows ii. A keyboard i2 lo the top of the housingill, keyboard seine provided with keys i3 and iii pivoted respectivelyat l5 and 56. The said lteys are each provided with a. tension spring iione end of whi cured to its respective key and the oppo is in contactwith the key-board has The keys [3 are each provided with a arm 20having a valve cover which normally overlies and closes a valve openingin a wall or plate 22 at the front of the accordion, and a second rod 23provided with a valve cover covering a plurality of valve openings in aWall or plate 25 located approximately midway be tween the housing frontand rear walls 52? and 28 respectively. The keys i i are each providedwith a. rod 39 having a valve cover 83 normally closing a valve openingin the plate of the said keys M being further provided l a rod 33 havinga valve cover normally COVQ: J.{Z' a plurality of valve opemngs 35 in.the plate Eli.

Directly below the wall 22 there are provided 35 two reed blocks 35 and35 having sets or banks of reed chambers 36 and ill respectively. Reeds38 are secured to plates 39 which close the inner side of the reedchambers 35 and plates 39 provided with reeds 40 which close the reedchambers 37. Directly behind or to the rear of the wall 26 there isprovided a chamber a l in which are removably mounted lower and upperreed blocks 42 and 43 respectively. The block 42 is provided with banksor sets of reed chambers i l 45 and 45 which are in communication withthe valve openings 25, the valve chambers 44 being provided with reeds46 and the reed chambers 45 with reeds 41. The block 43 is subdividedinto sets of reed chambers 48 and 49 in communication with the valveopenings 35 and each of the said reed chambers is provided with reeds553 and cordion reed 3 in-- the dat wall 26 and the rear wall 53 of 37,the said sound chamber horn-shaped in cross section and is open at thetop thereof, said opening leading into the interior of a cover 54 whichforms a sound merging chamber 55 common to all of the reed banks.

The reed blocks t2 and 43 are each provided at one end (see Fig. 3) withan extension 56 and at the opposite end with a slidable wedge 51. Theextension 56 normally engages a block 58 and the wedge 57 engages atapered strip 59. The wedges 51 are normally held in place by thumbscrews Bil which when slightly unscrewed loosen the wedges sufiicientlyso that they may be slid out of engagement with the strip 59 thusenabling the reed blocks to be removed when occasion arises.

I have found that the combination of oboe and clarinet tones produce anorgan effect, and inasmuch as I desire an accordion that will producetones or sounds in simulation of an organ, the reeds 38 and it are ofsuch nature that they will produce an oboe sound and the reeds on thereed blocks 32 and 43 are adapted to produce base clarinet tones whichwhen combined with the oboe tones of the reeds 38 and 40 will producethe desired organ effect.

It will be seen that when any of the keys of the keyboard are actuatedtwo valve covers will be raised thus sounding base clarinet reeds of thelower reed block All? and oboe reeds 3B of the foremost reed block 35 orbase clarinet reeds 5i! and 59 of the upper reed block 33 and reeds ofthe reed block 35*, which sounds will combine and be amplified in thesound chamber 55 to produce an organ effect.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified form of the invention wherein insteadof a single reed block 35 I utilize two such blocks the reed chambers ofwhich are in communication with two valve openings 22 and are covered bya single cover Zi on the rods 20 thus enhancing the tone qualities andvolume of any given notes.

I desire it understood that I do not limit myself to the use of sounddevices that will produce the oboe and base clarinet tones as anydesired combination of sound-producing devices may be used to produce agiven or desired tone effect.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In an accordion, a housing having a cover formed with a sound outletopening, a bank of reed chambers in said housing, a second bank of reedchambers in said housing, said banks of reed chambers being spaced fromthe cover of the housing to provide a sound merging chamber and beingspaced from each other to provide a sound chamber leading from the soundmerging chamber, playing keys, an arm extending from each key towardsone of the first bank of reed chambers, a second arm extending from eachkey towards one of the second bank of reed chambers, and a valve coveron each arm controlling their respective reed chambers, one bank of reedchambers extending in a vertical plane across the accordion with theoutlets of its chambers opening into the sound merging chamber and theother bank of reed chambers extending in a horizontal plane with theoutlets of its chambers opening into the sound chamber.

2. In an accordion, a housing having a cover formed with an outlet, areed chamber block in said housing, a second reed chamber block in saidhousing spaced from the first reed block to provide a sound chamberbetween the blocks, said blocks being spaced from the cover to provide asound merging chamber having the sound chamber leading therefrom, oneblock having outlets opening into the sound merging chamber and theother block having outlets opening into the sound chamber, a set ofplaying keys, and a pair of valve cover carrying arms on each of thekeys, one of the said arms controlling a reed chamber in one of the reedchamber blocks, and the other of said arms controlling a reed chamber inthe other of the said blocks.

3. In an accordion, a housing having a cover formed with a sound outlet,a pair of spacedapart reed chamber blocks located at the front of thehousing and spaced from the top of the housing, the reed chambers ofsaid block extending substantially vertically with respect to the saidblocks and having sound outlets opening through the cover of the blocks,a second pair of spaced-apart reed chamber blocks spaced from the top ofthe housing and spaced rearwardly from the front blocks, the reedchambers in the last mentioned blocks extending horizontally withrespect to the said blocks and having outlets opening into the spacebetween the front and rear blocks, a set of playing keys, and a pair ofarms extending from each of the keys, one of the said arms controlling areed chamber in one of the front reed chamber blocks, and the other ofsaid arms controlling a complementary reed chamber in one of the rearblocks.

i. In an accordion, a housing having a cover formed with a sound outlet,a pair of spacedapart reed chamber blocks located at the front of saidhousing, the reed chambers extending substantially vertically withrespect to said blocks, a second pair of spaced-apart reed chamberblocks spaced rearwardly of the front blocks. the reed chambers in thelast mentioned blocks extending horizontally with respect to the saidblocks, all of said blocks being spaced from the cover of the housing toprovide a sound merging chamber and the space between the two sets ofreed chamber blocks constituting a sound chamber leading from the soundmerging chamber, the reed chambers of the front blocks having valveopenings in communication with the said sound merging chamber and thereed chambers of the rear blocks having valve openings in communicationwith the sound chamber between the front and rear blocks, a set ofplaying keys, and a pair, of arms extending from each of the keys, oneof said arms controlling a reed chamber in one of the front reed chamberblocks and the other of said arms controlling a complementary reedchamber in one of the rear reed chamber blocks.

CANDIDO IORIO.

